TEHRAN - Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has said that the Iranian nation’s unity will surprise the hegemonistic powers on the 31st anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution.

“On the 22nd of Bahman (February 11), the Iranian nation will surprise the hegemonistic powers, including the United States, Britain, and the Zionists, with their unity and solidarity,” he said in a meeting with a group of Air Force commanders here on Monday.
The Supreme Leader stated that the nation has made great advances since the victory of the Islamic Revolution despite the extensive sanctions and the propaganda campaign of the Western media.
“The Islamic system will continue to stand in the face of the pressure, and the United States, Zionism, and the hegemonistic and domineering powers of the world will not be able to undermine the revolution through political and economic means or threats,” he noted.
Ayatollah Khamenei pointed out that the nation’s faith is the main support of the system, and the people always enter the stage whenever they think the system is in danger.
The enemies do not understand this fact, and imagine that they can undermine the nation with trickery about the human rights and democracy issues, he noted.
The Supreme Leader added that those who are chanting slogans about democracy and human rights do not respect even the rudiments of human rights in their prisons and across the globe.
“Those who claim to be the standard-bearers of democracy have close ties with most of the dictatorial and reactionary governments of the world… and then talk of democracy.”
Ayatollah Khamenei stated that the so-called upholders of democracy are making accusations about human rights violations against a system that has been able to attract over 85 percent of its people to the ballot box.
Commenting on the post-election unrest in Iran, the Supreme Leader said that the main goal of the seditious activities was to divide the nation.
It is now clear that those who conducted seditious activities are not from among the people and are counter-revolutionary forces, he asserted